Organ Peaks National Monument

We have seen discussion from fedgov about expanding the national monument system and intense opposition to it. This construct is operative right now in Harney County, OR. It appears that fedgov and elites are using this construct to even withdraw more land from private ownership. It also appears that they are subverting and co-opting sportsmen, legislators, and businessmen to encourage and support the system.

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BILLINGS — Mining companies say a federal decision to stop leasing coal on public lands has bottled up Montana and Wyoming coal projects. The leasing suspension announced Friday by the Department of the Interior has put expansion plans in doubt at the …

Denowh speaks for the coal advocacy group, “Count on Coal Montana,” and doesn’t like the moratorium on leases until the government completes a comprehensive review. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell wants to find out whether fees charged to mining …

The anticipated announcement casts a shadow over the first Powder River Basin Regional Coal Team meeting in more than two years. The group, comprised of the governors of Montana and Wyoming and BLM officials from both states, considers applications …

Some of the largest projects are in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, the nation’s top coal-producing region. The federal program to lease coal-mining rights to a single bidder has remained largely unchanged for decades, despite complaints …

Roughly 40 percent of the coal produced in the United States comes from federal lands. The vast majority of that mining takes place in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. It’s unclear what impact the moratorium will have on many coal …

Some of the largest projects are in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, the nation’s top coal-producing region. Other projects are in Utah, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and North Dakota. The announcement marks another …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration says it’s halting new coal leases on federal lands until it completes a comprehensive review. The question is whether fees charged to mining companies provide a fair return to American taxpayers and reflect …

Steve Daines, a Republican who represents mining-heavy Montana, said the move is an “unprecedented assault on one of Montana’s most important sources of good paying jobs and tax revenue.” Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) called the decision “another …

The federal government will stop issuing new coal leases on federal lands, mainly in Wyoming and Montana, as the Obama administration reviews coal’s impact on climate change as well as the price that big coal companies are paying America’s taxpayers.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday it will “pause” on issuing new coal leases on federal lands. The suspension was ordered while the federal agency reviews the coal lease program “in order to ensure that it is properly structured to …

Public lands deliver a much bigger share of coal than of oil (21 percent) or natural gas (14 percent) because they happen to overlap Wyoming and Montana’s Powder River Basin. PRB’s surface-mined coal is cheaper to mine than underground stores in …

Coal production on federal land accounts for roughly 41 percent of the nation’s total coal production. The vast majority of that mining — 86 percent — takes place in the Powder River Basin, which spans northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana.

Those reserves include coal that remains to be mined from current federal leases not affected by the moratorium, as well as access to 1.4 billion tons of coal on private and tribal lands of the Crow Nation in Montana. The export coal trade already his …

The new review announced Friday concerns the coal that private companies mine from federally owned land, which accounts for about 40% of all coal produced in the U.S. Most coal on public lands is in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, and …

John Barrasso of Wyoming said the move “effectively hands a pink slip to the thousands of people in Wyoming and across the West employed in coal production.” The Powder River Basin region of Wyoming and Montana accounts for over 85 percent of the …

About 40 percent of the coal produced in the U.S. is mined on federal land, mostly in Wyoming and Montana. Royalty rates under the coal leasing program, however, have not been updated in decades and have long been criticized for vastly undervaluing …

More than 40 percent of U.S. coal production, or about 450 million tons a year, comes from public lands in Wyoming, Montana and other Western states, bringing in more than $1 billion in annual revenue. Coal reserves already under lease can continue to …

“President Obama is wrong, and once again Montana’s working families are left bearing the brunt of his unilateral action. Of course American taxpayers should get their fair value from coal leases, and of course there should be transparency in the process.

As of the end of 2014, there were 308 active coal mining leases on more than 464,000 acres of public lands in Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Montana and Colorado, with an additional 10,500 acres in Kentucky, Alabama and West Virginia. Burning coal and …

About 40 percent of the coal produced in America comes from federal lands in the West, mostly from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana. According to a study by the Center for American Progress and the Wilderness Society, Powder River Basin …

But in many coal-heavy but relatively remote areas, such as West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Wyoming and Montana’s Powder River Basin, job options are limited. And the federal government’s efforts to help communities transition from a dying industry to …

Government-owned coal harvested in the Powder River basin–the country’s biggest coal-producing region, straddling Wyoming and Montana–accounts for about 10 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study last year by the Center for …

An estimated 40 percent of the coal produced in the U.S. comes from federal lands, mostly in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. Burning of coal and other fossil fuels for electricity production accounts for 31 percent of domestic …

“Given serious concerns raised about the federal coal program, we’re taking the prudent step to hit pause on approving significant new leases so that decisions about those leases can benefit from the recommendations that come out of the review,” Jewell …

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced on Friday a halt to new coal mining leases on public lands as it considers an overhaul of the program that could lead to increased costs for energy companies and a slowdown in extraction.

“A complete assessment of the federal coal program is overdue,” said Dan Bucks, former director of the Montana Department of Revenue. “There are a host of energy, environmental, social, fiscal, and managerial issues that need to be addressed. The coal …

“If you never have competitive sales, you can never really establish fair market value,” says Dan Bucks, who dealt with coal leasing as director of Montana’s Department of Revenue from 2005-2013. “Over the years and decades, we’re talking about …

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‘you have no authority to manage our lands!’……here is a lady well versed……..Now, all of these officials need to BE RECALLED..THEY VIOLATED THE ORGANIC CONSTITUTION…….this rouge judge ‘Nasty Grasty’ is on EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE AND HIS BROTHER IS A BLM agent as well as Sheriff Ward is an ex-BLM agent who testified in ’12 against the Hammond’s !

Remember this the next time you find yourselves mesmerized by the antics of the 2016 presidential candidates or drawn into a politicized debate over the machinations of Congress, the president or the judiciary: it’s all intended to distract you from the fact that you have no authority and no rights in the face of the shadow governments. — John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute:

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